Impeovement in hoese and cattle poke



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Letters Patent No. 65,440, dated June 4, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE AND CATTLE POKE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, NELSON SILVESTER, oi' Weymouth, in the county ot' Medina, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new :ind useful improvements in Horse and Cattle Pokes; :1nd I do Lwreby declare that the following is'a full and complete description of the same, reference oeil-.g had lo the accompanying drawings, making o. port of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the poke.

Figure 2 is a, front View of' the sztme.

Like letters refer to like parts in the different views presented.

This poke consists oi' n-how, A, of the ordinary shape, und secured by the pin B. To this pin is :tt-cached the tongue C. To the end of this tongue is fastened the cross-piece D, for n purpose hereafter shown. Around the pin and tongue :it a is wound the spring E, as shown in iig. 2, und connects the plate F to the pin and tongue,` as shown. The guide b aids to keepthe plate in place. To this pluto are attached the spikes or points e, the shnrp ends oi' which are hidden in the cross-piece D. The bow A is placed around the neck of the animal, and hangs in the position shown in Eig. 1, the cross-piece D resting against the bren-st, and the tongue projecting outward nfs shown. When the animal approaches the fence or other obstruction which he wishes to remove, the tongue coming in conta-et with it is pressed do\\'nw:1rd, tts shown ny the dotted lines iui'ig. 1. This :rnd also the pressure of the' chest against the cross-piece pushes it olose up to the plate F. This uncovers the spikes, which, protruding through the cross-piece, as shown by the dotted lines f, pierce its chest and cause it to withdraw, when, the pressure being removed from the tongue and cross-piece, it is sprung hack in its first position by the springs E, und the points of the spikes are :ig-nin hidden in the Gross-piece. When the animal is grazing, the tongue rests upon the ground, and is not in the way, er does not diseommode it in the least. Any desired arrangement of springs, the equivalent of the ones'shown, may he. used at o.

What I eluiin asiny improvement, und desire to secure by Letters Patent., is'- Spring E, pluto F, und spikes a, in combination with tongue C, cross-piece D, pin b, :1nd bow A, substantiully :is and for the purpose set forth. 4

NELSON SILVESTER.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, E. E. WAITE. 

